1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/com/jogamp/common/util/IOUtil.java b/src/java/com/jogamp/common/util/IOUtil.java
index c773b21..88542c4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/jogamp/common/util/IOUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/jogamp/common/util/IOUtil.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -188,6 +189,15 @@ public class IOUtil {
         return numBytes;
     }
 
+    public static StringBuilder appendCharStream(final StringBuilder sb, final Reader r) throws IOException {
+        final char[] cbuf = new char[1024];
+        int count;
+        while( 0 < ( count = r.read(cbuf) ) ) {
+            sb.append(cbuf, 0, count);
+        }
+        return sb;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Copy the specified input stream to a byte array, which is being returned.
      */